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  • From: Ron Clarke <ariadne AT acepia.net.au>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Sound in BL2
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:00:43 +0000

Hi Sindi,

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:47:10 -0500 (EST)
Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com> wrote:

> > Go to http://forms.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html fill in the form
> > and click on the "download player", then also get the updated codecs for
> > the same.
>
> I think that is what I did to get the .bin file. I know I filled in a
> form. There may have been a choice of .bin or .tar.gz and I assumed that
> one was precompiled and the other was not and I am not good at compiling.
> It came with instructions to chmod +x and run it, I think. I will look
> again. I have not seen .bin files before. Should I be downloading a
> .tar.gz?

Well, that's what I did. I have no idea what to do with a .bin file.
Steven ? Anyone ?



> What is a codec? Windows Realplayer seems to keep downloading
> those when I try to play radio stations.

A codec is the key to reading/decyphering/displaying a video format:
COding/DECoding = CODEC.


> Maybe it was RealOne then. I did not like their menu (cannot be accessed
> without a mouse) so I downgraded back to Realplayer 8. At some point
> Realplayer wanted me to let it play ALL audio formats in Windows. I also
> downgraded from WMP 7.1 back to whatever came with Win98 to get rid of the
> skins and visualizations, which Realplayer thankfully lets you set as
> 'none'. Is there a linux equivalent of WMP?

I think you will find that MPLAYER is the closest, at least it will
play .wmv files as well as mpeg/avi/mov/qt and the like.

Regards,
Ron

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Ron Clarke
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